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ikirisyesterday at 6:46 PM1 replyview on HN

What? Encryption has never eliminated attack vectors, it just shifts them to weaknesses in the implementation


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antonvsyesterday at 8:35 PM

Eliminating an attack vector means stopping a specific path or method that can be used to break into a system.

"Shift" in this context means that the attacker has to use a different attack vector. They can no longer just access plain text.